Staff

Marina
Campos, Ph.D.

Program Officer, Andes-Amazon

Marina manages a portfolio of grants addressing a wide range of drivers of deforestation in the Andes-Amazon region.

Prior to joining the foundation, Marina was the program director at the Rainforest Foundation US. There, she worked in partnership with indigenous groups in Central and South America to secure rights to their lands and influence policies to protect their resources. Marina also served as coordinator on climate change for the state of Amazonas in Brazil, where she oversaw the design and implementation of state climate change legislation including the first Brazilian payment-for-environmental-services program.

As a lecturer at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Marina coordinated the Strategies for Tropical Conservation seminar. Born and raised in Brazil, she received a B.Sc. and M.Sc. in biology from University of São Paulo and a Ph.D. from the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies.